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Type 1 Diabetic Artificial Pancreas Endurance Race POC 2017

Posted on April 19, 2017 by admincml

Christopher Lewis will become the FIRST EVER Closed Loop (Artificial Pancreas) Race Car Driver to race during a 3 hour Porsche Endurance Race!  The Race is called the Tribute to the LeMANS and will take place at Willow Springs International Raceway!

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He has been thriving with Type 1 Diabetes for eight years and racing cars since 2007. Chris explaining Loop the Artificial Pancreas in the video below during his first race with Loop in May 2017.

We are looking to raise funds to cover the race weekend expenses, including entry fees, race car rental, insurance, fuel, food and hotel.

A closed-loop artificial pancreas system is a device, or series of devices, that can work in concert with one another to automatically give the correct amount of insulin in response to food intake and rising blood glucose.

Let’s get Christopher Lewis in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first Type 1 Diabetic to race duting a 3 hour endurance race on May 20th with a closed-loop artificial pancreas system!

We will be broadcasting LIVE from the Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, California, where people take their racing seriously.

Christopher is a longtime member of the #WeAreNotWaiting community and was a developmental driver for Drive4Diabetes. He also clocked only one second behind Ryan Reed’s time in the same car on the same track.

We will be LIVE-Streaming from the driver’s seat in the race car in addition to LIVE-Streaming his Nightscout/Loop website showing how adrenaline affects his blood glucose.
This broadcast is made possible through the Nightscout Foundation on KCGM-TV.

The Nightscout Foundation exists to encourage and support the creation of open-source technology projects that enhance the lives of people with Type 1 Diabetes and those who love them. This includes fundraising, advocacy and direct software and hardware development.

“Type 1 Diabetes is a lifelong, 24 hour endurance race that you can never win, but strive to lead every lap.” -Christopher Lewis

First Type 1 Diabetic with Artificial Pancreas to race a Porsche in a 3 hour Endurance Race.

Posted in Racing News | Tags: 2017, Artificial Pancreas, chris lewis, Club, Gunniess Book of World Records, ios, loop, nightscout, Porsche, Race Car, WSIR |

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5/20/2017
Porsche Boxster BSR/SBR
4th Place
POC Cup Racing
WSIR - Tribute to LeMans
3 hour Enduro

3/12/2017
2002 Porsche Boxster S
First in Class R6
New R6 Track Record
POC Cup Racing
Buttonwillow Raceway - CW #1

9/13/2015
2002 Porsche Boxster S - Class R6
POC Cup Racing Practice
Auto Club Speedway - Roval Configuration

9/13/2015
2002 Porsche Carrera 4S
Second in Class Li
POC Time Attack
Auto Club Speedway - Roval Configuration

5/17/2015
2009 Honda Fit - Spec B
NASA Southeast Time Trials
Carolina Motorsports Park

5/16/2015
2009 Honda Fit - Spec B
Driver Development and Testing
Carolina Motorsports Park

3/15/2015
2002 Boxster S Cup
First in Class Ki

POC Time Attack and
Cup Racing Clinic - Spring Mountain

2/8/2015
2002 Carrera 4S
First in Class Li

POC Time Attack Big Willow - WSIR

6/29/2014
2002 Carrera 4S
First in Class Li
New Li Track Record

POC Time Attack Laguna Seca

6/28/2014
2002 Carrera 4S
First in Class Li

POC Time Attack Laguna Seca

3/8/2014
2002 Carrera 4S
Third in Class Li

POC Time Attack Chuckwalla

10/26/2013
2002 Carrera 4S
Second in Class MS

POC Time Attack Fontana Infield

6/29/13
986 Boxster S

Extreme Speed Track Events Streets of Willow WSIR

4/23/2011
986 Boxster S

Chuckwalla

5/11/2010
986 Boxster S

Adams Motorsports Park - Time Attack

8/30/2008
2002 Subaru WRX

Speed trail USA - Big Willow WSIR

4/18/2008
2002 - Subaru WRX

Redline Track Events LLC - Streets of Willow WSIR

11/30/2007
2002 Subaru WRX

MR2 Owners Club - Streets of Willow WSIR

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